circumstancing
SaySUR-kuhm-stans-ingUS/ˈsɝ.kəmˌstæns.ɪŋ/AUS/ˈsɜːkəmstænsɪŋ/UKSUR-kuhm-stuhns-ing/ˈsɜːkəmst(ə)nsɪŋ/
- 1Present participle and gerund of circumstance.
Note
The -ing form of a verb built on the noun: to circumstance someone is to place them in a particular situation, especially as regards money or resources. It echoes the noun's sense of worldly estate, the condition of one's property and surroundings. As a participle it takes a direct object (circumstancing her into hardship); as a gerund it names the act of placing itself. The final e of circumstance drops before -ing.
circumstancing is a form of circumstance
- Forms
- circumstancecircumstances he/she/itcircumstancing -ing formcircumstanced past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- circumstance → circumstancing: drop the e, add -ing
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